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Biosecurity Briefing - Center for Biosecurity of UPMC

The Biosecurity Briefing is a weekly update providing timely, concise summaries of news, issues, and events that pertain to biosecurity and biodefense. The Biosecurity Briefing is produced by the Center for Biosecurity of UPMC.

  1. Biosecurity Briefing: November 17, 2008

    Obama Administration, DoD, DHS, and GAO Prepare for Transition; H5N1 Vaccine Safe and Immunogenic in Children; Climate Change and Global Health: A Role for Public Health; FDA Revises Food Import Standards
    Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:06:48 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/bb_index_archive/2008/2008-11-17-index.html

  2. Biosecurity Briefing: November 10, 2008

    White House Computer Network Hacked by Cyber Attackers; DC Hospital Begins Installing Radiation Detectors
    Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:15:29 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/bb_index_archive/2008/2008-11-10-index.html

  3. Biosecurity Briefing: November 3, 2008

    TFAH Finds EID Threat to U.S. Natl Security; Novel Strain of Arenavirus in S. Africa; China Recalls Melamine-Tainted Eggs; Stafford Act in a Flu Pandemic; Google Awards More Than $14 Million in Grants for Pandemic Preparedness and Prevention
    Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:41:28 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/bb_index_archive/2008/2008-11-03-index.html

  4. Biosecurity Briefing: October 27, 2008

    TFAH PH Recommendations for the Next Administration; Novartis H5N1 Vac Produces Rapid Immunity When Primed With H5N3 Vac; U.S. Participation in Intl Human Microbiome Consortium; World Bank Est Pan Would Cost $3 Trillion in Economic Losses
    Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:48:13 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/bb_index_archive/2008/2008-10-27-index.html

  5. Biosecurity Briefing: October 20, 2008

    FDA Opening Offices Overseas to Address Food and Drug Safety; Solvay Cancels Plans for U.S. Flu Vaccine Plant; Climate Change and Extreme Weather Linked to Increase in Infectious Diseases; FDA Approves Rapid Diagnostic Test for Seasonal and Pandemic Flu
    Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:07:16 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/bb_index_archive/2008/2008-10-20-index.html

  6. Biosecurity Briefing: October 6, 2008

    HHS Prep Measures for Anthrax; Antibiotic Kit EUA for Postal Carriers, Liability Protection for Private Sector; Anthrax Vac. Contracts, Ebola/Marburg Contracts; $24 Million for Pan Prep; AHIC Successor Group Established, Bd of Directors Appointed
    Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:30:57 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/bb_index_archive/2008/2008-10-06-index.html

  7. Biosecurity Briefing: September 29, 2008

    NBSB Report Suggests Improvements for NDMS; First Wave of Pandemic May Protect Against Later Waves; NIAID Awards Additional Funding for Smallpox Antiviral; DTRA Awards $8.3 Million for Research into Broad-Spectrum Antibiotics
    Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:15:33 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/bb_index_archive/2008/2008-09-29-index.html

  8. Biosecurity Briefing: September 22, 2008

    Countermeasure Research and Development News Updates; Study Indicates Few Effects from Hong Kong�s Flu-Related School Closure
    Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:03:54 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/bb_index_archive/2008/2008-09-22-index.html

  9. Biosecurity Briefing: September 15, 2008

    BARDA, NIAID Award Anthrax Monoclonal Antibody Contract; NIAID Awards Botulinum Antitoxin Contract; Study Prompts Gov. to Recommend Flu Vaccine to All Children; Gov. Earns "C" for WMD Terrorism Prevention, "C-" for Bioterrorism Prevention
    Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:22:40 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/bb_index_archive/2008/2008-09-15-index.html

  10. Biosecurity Briefing: September 8, 2008

    H5N1 Knowledge Low in Afghanistan; Novavax Pan Vac Promising; Funding to SIGA Tech. for Orthopoxvirus Antiviral; Migrant Population in Re-Emergence of TB in Beijing; Australia Facility to Study Animal Diseases; Hendra Virus Cases Increase in Australia
    Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:09:15 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/bb_index_archive/2008/2008-09-08-index.html

  11. Biosecurity Briefing: August 25, 2008

    WHO Reports Oseltamivir Resistance in Southern Hemisphere; Indonesia Publishes Study on its H5N1 Cases and Factors Linked to Mortality; IOM Releases Summary of Workshop on Methods for Dispensing Medical Countermeasures
    Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:23:56 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/bb_index_archive/2008/2008-08-25-index.html

  12. Biosecurity Briefing: August 18, 2008

    DTRA Awards Contract to Study Potential of Cethromycin as Broad-Spectrum Antibiotic; H5N1 Strain New to Africa; Second-Generation Zanamivir Effective with Single Dose; Large Q Fever Epidemic Ongoing in the Netherlands
    Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:19:28 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/bb_index_archive/2008/2008-08-18-index.html

  13. Biosecurity Briefing: August 4, 2008

    DHS Prep Grants, National Emergency Communications Plan; Emergent BioSolutions Wins NIAID Grants, Sanofi to Acquire Acambis; Bacterial Pneumonia Major Cause of Death in Flu Pandemic; Why Cigarettes Worsen Flu, Other Viral Infections
    Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:57:13 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/bb_index_archive/2008/2008-08-04-index.html

  14. Biosecurity Briefing: July 28, 2008

    Viability of 5 New Orleans Hospitals; Rapid Tools Measure Fever Unreliable Screen Infection; Fed Releases Guide Allocating Pan Flu Vac; British Rpt on Intergov Org & Infectious Dis Cntrl; BARDA RFP H5N1 Vac; Continued Fed Involvement in Pan Flu Plan
    Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:30:00 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/bb_index_archive/2008/2008-07-28-index.html

  15. Biosecurity Briefing: July 18, 2008

    Young Adults Should Receive Priority for Vac in Flu Pandemic; GAO Releases Results of Study on Medical Surge; AHLA Issues Checklist on Pandemic Legal Preparedness for Healthcare Providers; Indonesia Health Minister Explains Halt in Virus Sharing Practices
    Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:12:24 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/bb_index_archive/2008/2008-07-18-index.html

  16. Biosecurity Briefing: July 11, 2008

    Annual Report on Project BioShield Released to Congress; AHRQ Releases Report on Home Healthcare During a Pandemic; FDA Changes Process for Product Licensure Notification; DIA Establishes National Center for Medical Intelligence
    Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:47:31 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/bb_index_archive/2008/2008-07-11-index.html

  17. Biosecurity Briefing: June 27, 2006

    Tamiflu Maker Announces Program to Encourage Corporate Stockpiling of Antivirals; DHS Issues Draft Impact Statement for Natl Bio and Agro-Defense Facility; Plague Bacteria Able to Survive in Soil; More Study Needed to Determine Biodefense, PH Implications
    Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:03:46 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/bb_index_archive/2008/2008-06-27-index.html

  18. Biosecurity Briefing: June 20, 2008

    NBSB Addresses Home Stockpiling; Positive Clinical Results for Whole Virus H5N1 Vac Grown in Cell Culture; Australia Vac; Sanofi Donate to WHO Stockpile; HHS Contracts to Develop Rapid Diagnostic Tests; IOM Issues Guidance on National Vac Plan Update
    Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:52:45 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/bb_index_archive/2008/2008-06-20-index.html

  19. Biosecurity Briefing: June 13, 2008

    India Imports Anthrax Vaccine, Bangladesh Expands Bird Flu Program; Indonesia Reduces H5N1 Case Reporting to Once Every 6 Months, Accuses Baxter of Delaying Vaccine; Cangene Delivers Botulism Antitoxin to SNS; DynPort, DoD Developing Plague Vaccine
    Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:59:07 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/bb_index_archive/2008/2008-06-13-index.html

  20. Biosecurity Briefing: June 6, 2008

    HHS Releases Pan Flu Draft Guidances for Public Comment; HHS to Provide Over $1 Billion in Grants for PH and Hosp Prep; Study Suggests H7 Avian Flu Viruses are Developing Greater Ability to Infect Humans; Congress Creates WMD Commission
    Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:04:09 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/bb_index_archive/2008/2008-06-06-index.html

  21. Biosecurity Briefing: May 23, 2008

    State Enacts Good Samaritan Law for Businesses Assisting in Emergencies; EU Grants Marketing License for Pre-Pandemic Flu Vaccine; WHO Document Guides Strategic Use of H5N1 Vaccine and Vaccine Stockpile
    Fri, 23 May 2008 15:03:00 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/bb_index_archive/2008/2008-05-23-index.html

  22. Biosecurity Briefing: May 16, 2008

    FDA Approves Antimicrobial for Pediatric Inhalational Anthrax Exposure; OSHA Seeks Public Comment on Workplace Stockpiling Guidance; Indonesia to Share H5N1 Data with New GISAID Database
    Fri, 16 May 2008 20:14:56 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/bb_index_archive/2008/2008-05-16-index.html

  23. Biosecurity Briefing: May 9, 2008

    Task Force Provides Guidance for Managing Mass Critical Care during Disaster; House Com. Discusses Hospital Surge Capacity for Mass Casualty Events; Second NRC Com. Calls on NIH to Conduct Further Risk Assessment for Proposed Boston BSL-4 Lab
    Fri, 09 May 2008 22:13:08 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/bb_index_archive/2008/2008-05-09-index.html

  24. Biosecurity Briefing: May 2, 2008

    IOM Report Provides Recommendations for Antiviral Distribution and Dispensing Planning; Toronto Stockpiles Antivirals for Workers; HHS Spends $192.5 Million on H5N1 Vaccine
    Fri, 02 May 2008 21:00:35 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/bb_index_archive/2008/2008-05-02-index.html

  25. Biosecurity Briefing: April 25, 2008

    Acambis Wins USG Contract for Smallpox Vaccine; DHS Releases Summary of TOPOFF 4 After Action Report; CDC Reports Vaccinia Infections among Lab Workers; U.S. Lab Restrictions Linked to International H5N1 Virus-Sharing Impasse
    Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:38:00 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/bb_index_archive/2008/2008-04-25-index.html

  26. Biosecurity Briefing: April 18, 2008

    HHS Announces Director for BARDA; H5N1 Vac. Adjuvant Patch Enters Phase II Trials; Japan Receives Approval for Pre-Pandemic Vac., H5N1 Outbreaks in South Korea, Russia; ASTHO Releases Draft Guidance for Protecting At-Risk Populations during a Pandemic
    Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:00:36 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/bb_index_archive/2008/2008-04-18-index.html

  27. Biosecurity Briefing: April 11, 2008

    Brazil Struggles with Dengue; Study Reinforces Role of Communication with PH Emergencies, FCC Approves Messaging Alert System; H5N1 Family Clusters and Limited Human-to-Human Transmission Found; Chemical Weapons Convention to Discuss Prevention
    Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:03:27 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/bb_index_archive/2008/2008-04-11-index.html

  28. Biosecurity Briefing: April 4, 2008

    TFAH Reports Disparities, Reductions in Public Health Funding; Study Calls Attention to the Importance of Minimizing Disparities in Pandemic Planning; H5N1 Vaccine Approved for Humans in China, Vietnam Begins Human H5N1 Vaccine Trials
    Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:28:20 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/bb_index_archive/2008/2008-04-04-index.html

  29. Biosecurity Briefing: March 28, 2008

    ASPR Makes First Playbook Available; Brazil Struggles to Control Dengue Epidemic; HHS Releases Fifth Pandemic Planning Update; USAID Creates a Regional Stockpile of Equipment in Thailand to Control Bird Flu
    Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:13:28 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/bb_index_archive/2008/2008-03-28-index.html

  30. Biosecurity Briefing: March 21, 2008

    UK Releases Their First National Security Strategy; HHS Issues New Guidance for State Pandemic Influenza Operating Plans; CDC/HHS Hold Pandemic Flu Exercises; Vietnam to Test H5N1 Vaccine in Humans, New Warnings of H5N1's Pandemic Potential in Indonesia
    Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:51:58 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/bb_index_archive/2008/2008-03-21-index.html

  31. Biosecurity Briefing: March 14, 2008

    Strategies to Improve Medical Countermeasure Dispensing; Study: MedKits Show Promise as a Countermeasure; NIH Establishes Entities to Address Concerns about Boston Biolab; Natl Governors Assoc Evaluates States' Pandemic Prep
    Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:45:37 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/bb_index_archive/2008/2008-03-14-index.html

  32. Biosecurity Briefing: March 7, 2008

    HHS Issues Anthrax Vaccine RFP; CA Creates Cabinet Position for Volunteer Management; CA Issues Surge Guidelines; First Pre-Pandemic Flu Vaccine for EU; ASPH Public Health Workforce Shortage Report; No Mutation in Indonesia's H5N1 Samples Sent to CDC
    Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:07:53 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/bb_index_archive/2008/2008-03-07-index.html

  33. Biosecurity Briefing: February 29, 2008

    Ricin Discovered in Las Vegas Hotel Room; FBI Says Not Linked to Terrorism; New WHO Survey Finds Global Increase in Drug-Resistant TB Infections; After Ebola Outbreak, Uganda Looks Back at Challenges
    Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:43:40 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/bb_index_archive/2008/2008-02-29-index.html

  34. Biosecurity Briefing: February 22, 2008

    CDC Issues First Report on States' Public Health Preparedness
    Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:33:28 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/bb_index_archive/2008/2008-02-22-index.html

  35. Biosecurity Briefing: February 15, 2008

    Flu Season Marked by Vaccine Mismatch, Antiviral Resistance in Europe; USDA OIG Makes Recommendations for Agency Pandemic Planning; Anthrax Outbreak follows Bird Flu Outbreak in West Bengal
    Mon, 18 Feb 2008 02:50:54 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/bb_index_archive/2008/2008-02-15-index.html

  36. Biosecurity Briefing: February 2, 2008

    Tamiflu Resistance Found Throughout Europe; Study Suggests Increase of H5N1 Subclinical Infections; New Under-the-Tongue Influenza Vaccination Method Studied
    Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:37:23 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/bb_index_archive/2008/2008-02-01-index.html

  37. Biosecurity Briefing: January 25, 2008

    DHS Releases National Response Framework; Ebola Virus Made Safe to Work With in Laboratories; WHO Launches Database to Track H5N1 Virus Samples; India Reports Difficulties Controlling H5N1 in Bengal
    Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:05:47 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/bb_index_archive/2008/2008-01-25-index.html

  38. Biosecurity Briefing: January 18, 2008

    WHO Update on Human H5N1; ACLU Advocates Changes to Gov. Pandemic Plans, Dialogue w/HHS; Gates Foundation--$39 Million for Flu Vac. for Poor Countries; Study Finds Elec. Info Improves Disease Reporting; Concern about Growing Threat of Plague
    Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:29:01 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/bb_index_archive/2008/2008-01-18-index.html

  39. Biosecurity Briefing: January 11, 2008

    Prosecution of Hurricane Katrina Healthcare Workers Consequences for Future Disasters; RAND: Staffed Disease Reporting Systems are Critical for Timely, Consistent Reports; Influenza Vac Trials Report Positive Results; Diagnostic Test Approved by FDA
    Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:09:37 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/bb_index_archive/2008/2008-01-11-index.html

  40. Biosecurity Briefing: December 21, 2007

    National Biodefense Science First Meeting Held; New Study Suggests ABthrax Protects Monkeys, Rabbits Against Inhalational Anthrax ; TFAH Releases Edition of Annual Preparedness Report; Indonesia Investigates Recent Outbreak of H5N1 in Humans
    Fri, 21 Dec 2007 20:08:25 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/bb_index_archive/2007-12-21-index.html

  41. Biosecurity Briefing: December 14, 2007

    DRC Shuts Border with Uganda as Ebola Outbreak Persists; Nations Pledge $406 Million to Fight Avian Flu, EU Bans Poultry from Poland Following H5N1 Outbreak
    Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:29:16 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/bb_index_archive/2007-12-14-index.html

  42. Biosecurity Briefing: December 7, 2007

    Committee Reports that FDA Has Insufficient Personnel, Resources to Meet Mission; HHS Releases Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Tool-Kit; Uganda Seeks Coordinated Response to Ebola Outbreak
    Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:34:00 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/bb_index_archive/2007-12-07-index.html

  43. Biosecurity Briefing: November 30, 2007

    National Academies' Report on Boston BSL-4 Lab; HHS Issues Draft RFP for rPA Anthrax Vaccine; Study Supporting CDC Flu Guidance Questioned; FDA Panel Votes for Stronger Warnings on Flu Drugs; No Agreement Reached between WHO and Indonesia on H5N1 Samples
    Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:09:28 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/bb_index_archive/2007-11-30-index.html

  44. Learning from the XDR-TB Experience: Policy Priorities Going Forward

    In the course of the assessment of the recent case of Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (XDR-TB), the broader public health implications of this case and the associated events might be missed.
    Thu, 07 Jun 2007 20:44:00 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/special_reports/2007-06-07-learningfromxdr-tbexperience.html

  
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